Combination fountain pen and brush



Jan. 20, 1959 A. DRI-rz COMBINATION FOUNTAIN PEN AND BRUSH Filed Sept. 9, 1954 United States Patent Op COMBINATION FOUNTAIN PEN ANI) BRUSH Arthur Dritz, Brooklyn, N. Y., assigner to John Drtz & Sons, New York, N. Y., a partnership Application September 9, 1954, Serial No. 454,896

3 Claims. (Cl. 15-124) This invention relates to a combination fountain pen and brush and more particularly to a marking implement capable of both pen and brush use.

The prime object of my present invention centers about the provision of av fountain type of marking implement designed and constructed so that it may be used. interchangeably as a marking pen for the fine strokes, or as a marking brush for coarser strokes, the pen and the brush being fed from the same fountain supply.

To the accomplishment of the foregoing object and such other objects asmay hereinafter appear my invention relates to the combination fountain pen and brush as sought to be defined in the appended claims taken together with the 'following specification and the accompanying drawings, in which: v

Fig. 1 is a perspective view showing the combination fountain pen and brush ofa nonelected form in its use as a fountain pen marking implement;

Fig. 2 is a perspective view of a detached part of the same in its use as a marking brush;

Fig. 3 is a view taken on an enlarged scale of the essential parts of the nonelected combination fountain pen and brush and taken in longitudinal cross-section;

Fig. 3-A is a plan View of the nonelected brush and holder;

Fig. 4 is a view similar to Fig. 3, but showing another nonelected modification thereof;

Fig. 4-A is a cross-sectional view of the front end of the brush and holder of Fig. 4;

Fig. 5 is a view similar to Fig. 3, but showing the claimed invention; and

Fig. 6 is a view of the modification of Fig. 5 and showing the same in a different condition of use, namely, in its use as a marking brush.

Referring now more in detail to the drawings and having reference first to Figs. l to 3-A, the nonelected combination fountain pen and brush comprises in its essential features a supply source S for a marking uid such as inks, paints, adhesives, Cleansers or other fluids, a nipple N detachably attachable to the supply source S, the said nipple embodying a pen structure P at one end and a brush structure B at its other end. The pen structure P communicates with the supply source S whereby the device may be employed as a fountain pen implement after -the manner shown in Fig. 1 of the drawings and thebrush structure B projects into the supply source, thereby taking up part of the marking fluid sup ply whereby when the nipple end is detached from the supply source S the same may be used as a marking brush after the manner shown in Fig. 2 of the drawings.

The supply source S may comprise any conventional supply container such as a collapsible tube 10 provided with the usual constricted and threaded neck 12 for detachably mounting the nipple N. As is well known, upon pressure being exerted on the collapsible tube the fluid supply contained therein will be forcibly ejected for use as a marking medium.

The nipple N in the form shown in Figs. l to 3-A 2,869,162 lifaifented Jan. 20, 1959 ice is provided with a threaded collar section 14 threadedly attachable to and detachable from the neck 12 and a tapered or nozzle portion 16 having the ow duct 18 terminating in a pen-orifice 20. The nipple is also 4preferably provided with an intermediate threaded part Y part 30 is provided with a plurality of orifices 32 to per- 'mit uid communication between the supply source S and the pen duct 18. To act as an independent fluid supply for the brush, the stem 26 is preferably constructed as a pipette, as clearly shown in Fig. 3; and to permit free flow of the marking fluid into and from the same, the pipette is provided with the side wall orifices 34 and an orifice 36 at the center of the brush bristles.

With this recited construction the device is used interchangeably as a marking pen for the making of ne strokes, or as a marking brush for the making of coarser strokes, both the pen structure P and the brush structure B being fed from the same fountain supply. Thus, with the cap 24 detached, as shown in Fig. l of the drawings, the .device is employable for pen use, the mark ing fluid flowing freely from the supply source S to the pen duct 18, and its orifice 20; and upon detaching the nipple N from the supply tube S and using a part of the nipple as a finger hold f, as is depicted in Fig. 2

`of the drawings, the brush structure B is useable as a marking brush the same being fed from a supply of marking fluid contained in and retained by the pipette stem 26.

In Fig. 4 of the drawings I show a modification of p the nonelected combination fountain pen and brush, all

of the parts which correspond in structure to the parts of the device shown in Figs. l to 3-A being indicated by similar but primed reference characters. In this modification the brush stmcture B is designed for a freer and fuller flow of the brush uid supply. The pipette stem 26 having bristles 2S at its inner end is supported interiorly in a wall of the nipple N by means of a spider element 38 which provides the communicating channels 40, the pipette being open at its outer or spider end at 42 for inducing the freer flow of the fluid through the pipette. The pipette may also 'oe provided with the intermediate orifices 44.

In the claimed invention shown in Figs. 5 and 6 of the drawings a structure is depicted which, in addition to being useable after the manner shown in Figs. l. and 2 of the drawings, is also useable after the manner shown in Fig. 6 of the'drawings, wherein the brush may be employed while attached to the supply source so that the brush may be continuously fed with a supply of the uid. In this device the supply source S2 may be constructionally the same as described for the preceding nonelected forms, the same being provided with the constricted and threaded neck 122. The nipple N2 in the claimed invention, however, embodies a construction which enables the same to be reversibly attached to the tube neck 122 in one position of which, as shown in Fig. 5, the device may be employed as a marking pen (with the cap detached), and in the other position of which, as shown in Fig. 6 of the drawings, the device is employed as a marking brush, and in both positions the marking element is in free flow communication with the supply source.

This nipple N2 is thereby formed at one end with a pen structure or tapered part P2 and is provided at its other end with a brush structure B2, both supported on a transverse wall 46 which may be integral with a collar or finger hold portion f2. This collar is internally threaded at its opposite sides 48 and 50 for interchangeable attachment to and detachment from the ltube neck 122 (as depicted in Figs. 5 and 6 of the drawings-l the threaded side 48' being also adaptable for the reception of the sealing' cap 52 as indicated in Fig. 5. The bruslrB comprises a stem 54 holding the bristles 56 at one end, and open at 58 at its other end for communication with the pen ductl 60. The stem 54 serving by itself as a pipette is'supported, as at 62, within an outer tube 64, open at its inner end for communication with the pen duct 69 and constrictedly open at its outer end 56 for feedinga supply of inking fluid retained or held by the outer tube to the bristle end of the brush. As will be seen from Fig. 5, when the cap 52 is removed, the device may be used as a marking pen, the marking liuid flowing freely to the pen' duct through both the pipette-stem 54 and the outer brush tube 64, thereby also feeding these with a uid supply should the brush be desired to be used in its detached condition; and as will be seen from Fig. 6 the device' may be used with the brush in itsv attached condition, as a marking brush, the fluid from the supply source being capable of owing freely to the brush bristles through the duct 60 and thence through the pipette 54 and the outer tube 64.

The use and various operations of the combination fountain pen and brush of my present invention, and the several advantages thereof will, in the main, be fully apparent from the above-detailed description thereof. It will be further apparent that many changes may be made in the structure thereof without departing from the spirit of the invention defined in the following claims.

I claim:

l. A marking implement capable of both pen and brush use comprising a container for a markinguid supply and provided with an open neck, a nipple for the container neck provided at its outer end with a pen structure and provided bodily with a flow duct, the flow duct intercommuuicating the container with the pen structure for the outward pen-use flow of the marking luid, a brush having a tubular stem attached interiorly to said nipple, 4

the tubular stem being in open communication with the marking fluid supply in the container for receiving and retaining a part of the supply and being in open communication with said duct, mating means on said neck and nipple for reversibly attaching and detaching the nipple to said neck whereby in one attached position the pen structure is on the outside for pen use and in another attached position the brush is on the outside for marking brush use, said nipple being provided with a part serving as a nger-hold for the brush when the nipple is detached from the container, the brush with its tubular supply being thereby useable as a marking brush.

2. A marking implement capable of both pen and brush use comprising a container for a marking lluid supply and provided with an open neck, a nipple for the tube neck provided at its outer end with a pen structure and provided bodily with a flow duct, said flow duct inter-communicating the container with the pen structure for the outward pen-use flow of the marking fluid, a brush having a tubular stem attached interiorly to said nipple, the tubular stem beingin open communication with the marking fluid supply in the container, mating means on said neck and nipple for reversibly attaching and detaching the nipple to and fromsaid neck whereby in one attached position the penV structure is on the outside for pen use and in the other attached position the brush is on the outside for marking brush use, the said tubular stem being in communication. with said duct to permit ilow of the marking uid from said container via said duct and tubular stem to the brush when the nipple isin the other of its attached positions.

3. The marking implement of claim 2 in which the nipple is provided with apart serving as a fingerhold when the nipple is detached from the container and separately used as a marking brush.

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